New ideas on the tectonic of the Kurveleshi anticlinal belt in Albania, and the perspective for exploration in its subthrust

Telo Velaj

The external thrustbelt of Albania consists of some tectonic zones (Ionian, Kruja and Krasta-Cukali zones), that are westward overthrust, with a large amplitude (50–100 km), above the Apulian platform and South Adriatic Basin. The relative movement of the Adriatico-Apulian sub-plate between, the Euro Asiatic and African plates during from the Mesozoic to the Tertiary period, mainly controlled the tectonic evolution of the Albanides. The Ionian zone consists of anticline belts (Berati, Kurveleshi and Cika), that are overthrust toward the west with an amplitude about 20–30 km Their overthrustings was realized through regional sliding evaporitic horizons, which caused the masking of folded structures in the subthrust, with the perspective plays.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petlm.2015.10.013